"• To provide an overview of the main theories of international relations, and some of the major debates within the field
• To analyse of major conceptual, methodological and philosophical issues in the field
• To improve the students’ skills in critical thinking

Textbook

Oliver Daddow, International Relations Theory, 3rd Ed., London: Sage, 2017
Karen Mingst & Jack Snyder, Essential Readings in World Politics, New York: WW Norton, 2001
Laurent Goetschel, Small States inside and outside the European Union, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998/2010. Robert Jackson & Georg Sørensen, Introduction to International Relations, 5th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
John Mearsheimer, 'Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq War', Open Democracy, 2005
(compendium available from the copy shop in the basement of Building A)

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Discuss the major and some minor theories of International Relations

Distinguish between the three levels of analysis of the international system

Classify and Describe the major conceptual and theoretical issues of the field

Develop critical reading and writing skills

Teaching Methods

Lectures, case studies, text analysis and discussions

WEEK

TOPIC

REFERENCE

Week 1

Registration week - no class

Week 2

Course introduction

Daddow 1, 2, 3 & Mingst 2-4

Week 3

Liberalism

Daddow 4 & Mingst 4-6

Week 4

Realism

Daddow 5 & Mingst 143-149

Week 5

The Neo-Neo debate + QUIZ 1

Daddow 6 & Mingst 346-357

Week 6

The English School

Daddow 7 & Mingst 139-143

Week 7

Midterm exam

Week 8

Marxism

Daddow 9 & Mingst 149-157

Week 9

Social constructivism

Daddow 8

Week 10

Newer approaches to International Relations I

Daddow 10,11 & Mingst 60-67

Week 11

Newer approaches to International Relations II + QUIZ 2

Daddow 12,13,14

Week 12

Small state theories

Goetschel 13-31

Week 13

Film: The Falklands Play (UK, 2002)

Week 14

Foreign policy analysis

Jackson & Sørensen 251-274

Week 15

Wrapping up

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Evaluation Tool

Quantity

Weight

Alignment with LOs

Final Exam

1

40

1, 2, 3, 4

Semester Evaluation Compenents

Quiz 1

1

5

4

Quiz 2

1

5

4

Midterm Exam

1

35

1, 3, 4

Attendance

15

*** ECTS Credit Calculation ***

Activity

Hours

Weeks

Student Workload Hours

Activity

Hours

Weeks

Student Workload Hours

Lecture Hours

3

13

39

Final exam

1

17

17

Individual Learning

7

12

84

0

Midterm exam

1

10

10

Total Workload Hours =

150

*T= Teaching, P= Practice

ECTS Credit =

6

Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey

Last Update Date: 04/03/2020

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